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T.a.C- thedude8125
ShadowWarriorfs- ShadowWarriorfs​

Rodent Games
..Inside my mind lie two blind mice
As a silent python defines my life
Despite the shine the colt’s still in control
One slug, one hole will unfold in my skull
The rodents represent my thirst and content
The first to descend
Will indent the birth of its end
So reverse is the way this verse shall begin
..
..12 hours
I morn before an autopsy table
As a corpse lie sawed from his jaw to his naval
Brutally torn skin, a murder indeed
An earnest face screened for a furnace of peace
To burn and set free, through the hurt he did bleed
As I purge at the thought immersed in dry heaves
Why me I believe as one cop looks at the other
Nods his head and asks “is this your brother”
I shrug off the shock because Vets do not cry
Do I sign YES when I place the pen to that line
..6 hours
Within a police car a proposition is purposed
With no notice prior I’m thrown through the ropes
A liar, they want me to identify the expired
How can I be bribed I’ve already seen hells fires
They talk I listen as the reward now glistens
In my iris, like pistons it pumps the blood of my vision
I grunt through their wisdom but still undecided
The car stops to the side and I still don’t buy it
I’m fighting with my morals, the rodents in my head
Is ok to pretend while my will plays Russian roulette
..Ground Zero
I sit at a park with a sack of seeds and feed the birds
When I pick up the local paper and read the words
Front page, millionaire has gone without a sound
His life insurance is unclaimed until his body gets found
I am a homeless man and money just leads to trouble
Addiction and doubt I have built up from the rubble
Humble and pleasant I've never begged for some change
I play music in the sun and I’m ahead of the game
But what I wouldn’t do for a drop of this man’s elixir
Just as I’m approach by two cops out of their police car
..
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Word. Amen. This whole stanza read smooth. And what is more, it all was pure consistency with top tier mechanics. Killer brother.

The mechanics out did the story I felt. You left a lot of gaps that could have been touched upon...this would have hit harder. But as it stands, this story was still comprehensible and full of life...or lack there of.

Great verse brother CK. I feel that your trademark play with time could have been scraped and set off in a straight way approach with more details added in, because TBH this was engaging and I wanted more. Nice.